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UPDATE 1-Algeria's Sonatrach awards Japan's GJC deal at Hassi Messaoud oilfield

ALGIERS, March 3 (Reuters) - Algeria's state energy company Sonatrach has awarded Japanese firm GJC a $339 million contract to help increase production at its largest oilfield in Hassi Messaoud, according to an internal Sonatrach document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

British charities tempt investors with developing-world "Dragon's Den"

BARCELONA, March 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From fuel made out of waste in Uganda to healthy nut snacks in Nicaragua, small firms in developing countries will get direct links to international investors under a new scheme to help them expand and bring extra income to poor communities.

UPDATE 1-A flawed visionary, McClendon ignited shale revolution, courted controversy

NEW YORK/HOUSTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Aubrey McClendon, the oil and gas entrepreneur whose outsized ambition and high tolerance for risk made him a leading figure in the American energy revolution, died after crashing his car into a concrete wall on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

UPDATE 1-U.S. regulators seek more input on truck fuel efficiency rules

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Thursday they are reopening a proposal to boost fuel efficiency of medium and heavy duty trucks through 2027, asking for additional public comments on the planned toughening.

No date, venue yet for OPEC, non-OPEC talks - Gulf OPEC delegate

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - No decision on the date or venue of a possible meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC producers has been made yet, a Gulf OPEC delegate said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-Russia's Rosneft says Vankor-Purpe pipeline damaged after power failure

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Thursday the Vankor-Purpe oil pipeline, a link for delivering crude to China, was damaged after a power failure and that the company would need about 24 hours to repair it.

COLUMN-U.S. refiners struggle to export surplus distillate fuel oil: Kemp

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. exports of distillate fuel oil have been basically flat since 2013, ending years of strong growth, as U.S.

Suffering oil majors face more pain from price slump

Platts senior news editors discuss how the oil industry is adapting following a Q4 2015 earnings season in which oil companies took another severe hit from low oil and gas prices.

U.S. top court denies bid to block mercury air pollution rule

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Obama administration on Thursday in rebuffing a bid by 20 states to halt an Environmental Protection Agency rule to curb emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants.

UPDATE 3-Brazilian economy's steep slide raises specter of depression

BRASILIA, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's economy contracted sharply in 2015 as businesses slashed investment plans and laid off more than 1.5 million workers, official data showed on Thursday, setting the stage for what could be the country's deepest recession on record.

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